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Verizon 4G LTE Tests Planned For Seattle, Boston

Posted by kdawson on from the finally-catching-up-to-802.11b dept.

suraj.sun writes "Verizon will kick off tests of its LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year, and is 'working on a commercial launch of LTE service in up to 30 markets next year. LTE is Verizon's next-generation, '4G' network, which will supplement and eventually replace its existing CDMA network and provide average data speeds between 8-12 Mbps. Their ultimate goal is to cover 100 million 'points of presence' nationwide by the end of 2013."

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  1. Elsewhere in the world... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Informative

    LTE is known as 3.9G everywhere else in the world.

    But hey, we're just dumb Americans.

    I think Marie Antoinette encapsulated the American telecom business attitude in the incorrectly attributed quote, "Let them eat crumbs"

    1. Re:Elsewhere in the world... by ThrowAwaySociety · · Score: 2, Informative

      LTE is known as 3.9G everywhere else in the world.

      What idiots. Everyone knows it's really 3.8642 G.

      Seriously, who comes up with these numbers?

  2. Re:Hmmm better think about switching to Verizon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    but we are in a Verizon colo

    Your first problem. Take this as a lesson for your next job. Carrier neutral facilities are nice because they are not owned by the crappy carriers. You can find a ton of these facilities in Atlanta.

    Also, I don't think it is fair to compare the datacenter activities with the wireless activities. Inside Verizon, these are definitely two totally different business units.

  3. Re:Canada getting 21bps by balbeir · · Score: 5, Informative
    I doubt that 21Mbs will be the average speed. They are saying "up-to"

    LTE is the 4G successor of HSPA+ so you're not really getting anything state of the art up there in the north. It's more like a squeezed 3.5G lemon

    Verizon is advertising 8-12 average speed. LTE is in theory capable of doing 150Mbs

  4. Re:Hmmm better think about switching to Verizon... by Glendale2x · · Score: 2, Informative

    The telco side of Verizon gave me an OC-12 that I didn't order at no charge, so they aren't completely bad. YMMV. On the other hand, I have an OC-12 that I'm not really using if anyone wants to colo with me. ;)

    Sounds like it's time for you to find a colo that doesn't jerk you around. There's plenty around. Go carrier neutral or pick a smaller shop that has more of a focus on customer service because they actually value your business.

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    this is my sig
  5. 4G by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    8-12 mbit is not 4G.

    By definition, the objective of 4G is to support:

    + A nominal data rate of 100 Mbit/s while the client physically moves at high speeds relative to the station, and 1 Gbit/s while client and station are in relatively fixed positions as defined by the ITU-R,[3]
    + A data rate of at least 100 Mbit/s between any two points in the world,[3]

    1. Re:4G by Hammer · · Score: 5, Informative

      This is a correct definition.
      Furthermore LTE is not expected to be 4G That is in the realm of LTE-Advanced

      And I guess that this is only to act as some sort of alpha test

  6. Re:Latency? by EtaCarinae · · Score: 3, Informative

    Latency can get below 5 ms under good radio conditions. LTE as well as older standards (W-CDMA etc) has retransmission on top of error correction. LTE uses a rather cool retransmission strategy. Search HARQ. Retransmissions can of course ruin ping times, but even this has been improved in LTE since decisions are being made closer to the antenna in the E-NodeB.

    What kind of connection, firewalling and shaping the operator has to the internet is then another matter...